Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Design

Sign in to Have I Been Pwned (But Not Login, Log in or Log On) (troyhunt.com)
How do seemingly little things manage to consume so much time?! We had a suggestion this week that instead of being able to login to the new HIBP website, you should instead be able to log in. This initially confused me because I've been used to logging on to things for decades:
Security, User Experience, Web Design
5 points by dmarto 10 hours ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What is the best font and styling combo for readability on the web? (ycombinator.com)
As I read HN I often come across personal blogs / websites that look great and are visually easy to read, but I change my mind on what is "best" all the time.
Web Design, Typography, User Experience, Best Practices
17 points by duxup 11 days ago | 12 comments
We are still using 88x31 buttons (ultrasciencelabs.com)
If you surf the modern "small web" to any extent you've encountered 88x31 buttons - a staple of late 90s and early 2000's websites1 undergoing a bit of a revival. The Neocities community especially seems to have truly embraced them. 88x31 buttons have a long history on the web, straddling the worlds of advertising and the personal web.
Web Design, Retro Technology, Internet History, Aesthetics
142 points by PaulHoule 20 days ago | 55 comments
404s – gallery of error 404 page designs (404s.design)
For all the 404 pages out there—just waiting to be found.
Web Design, User Experience, Error Pages
77 points by ChrisArchitect 21 days ago | 13 comments
Hyperlegibility (notboring.co)
Information that was once hard to find is now hard to avoid.
Information Design, Accessibility, Web Design
20 points by jger15 32 days ago | 1 comments
Colored Bar Paper Colors (mw.rat.bz)
Recently I created an article titled Retro Monochrome and High Contrast Color Display Palettes. That article deals with colors that are used when having bright text on dark backgrounds. In this article I feature colors to be used as light background colors with dark (usually black) foreground text on top.
Design, Color Palettes, Web Design
27 points by m_walden 34 days ago | 8 comments
7159997483.com (7159997483.com)
You Are Now Mine
Marketing, Domain Names, Web Design
8 points by bigblind 40 days ago | 6 comments
Take a New Look at CSS Shapes (2018) (smashingmagazine.com)
This week, CSS Shapes ships in a production version of Firefox with the release of Firefox 62 — along with a very nice addition to the Firefox DevTools to help us work with Shapes.
CSS, Web Development, Web Design, Firefox
16 points by Tomte 41 days ago | 6 comments
Shopkeeper (robinsloan.com)
Retail, Web Design, Personal Projects
46 points by herbertl 41 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: I built a free SVG Web site (websvg.com)
Web SVG Images: Everything you need for your digital craft & design projects.Find free SVG icons, SVG animations, and SVG tutorials to get you going.
Web Design, SVG, Free Resources
60 points by emson 47 days ago | 46 comments
Accessibility: Don't Use Fake Bold or Italic in Social Media (adrianroselli.com)
I posted something on Mastodon that uses Unicode math symbols to produce fake bold and fake italic text.
Accessibility, Social Media, Web Design, Unicode
64 points by rapawel 48 days ago | 66 comments
If your content is only on social media, I'm not going to see it (coryd.dev)
If you only post on social media, I won't see it. If you don't have an RSS feed, I won't follow it, I won't subscribe to it. I don't want want your app because I don't want a homescreen full of apps for publications and platforms.[1]
RSS, Social Media, Content Consumption, Web Design, Digital Publishing
5 points by divdivtable 50 days ago | 1 comments
Matt's Script Archive (1995) (scriptarchive.com)
Welcome to Matt's Script Archive. Offering free CGI scripts to the web community since 1995!
Web Development, Programming, Web Design, Scripts
158 points by huang_chung 54 days ago | 59 comments
Show HN: No-html.club, a plain text club (no-html.club)
Web Design, Community, Plain Text, Minimalism
22 points by dominicq 58 days ago | 2 comments
Strong Opinions on URL Design (vale.rocks)
I came to realise the other day that, for reasons unbeknownst to me, I have very strong opinions on URL structures.
Web Design, Opinions, User Experience
6 points by mooreds 61 days ago | 1 comments
Page is under construction: A love letter to the personal website (localghost.dev)
If you take just one thing away from this article, I want it to be this: please build your own website. A little home on the independent web.
Personal Websites, Web Development, Web Design, Internet Culture
242 points by spzb 63 days ago | 106 comments
Did Reddit just close old.reddit.com? (ycombinator.com)
Did Reddit just close old.reddit.com?
Reddit, Social Media, Internet, Web Design
12 points by distortedsignal 63 days ago | 16 comments
Making Space for a Handmade Web (figma.com)
There’s a resurgence of small, handcrafted sites challenging the current trajectory of the internet. Joining the movement is as simple as making your own.
Web Design, Web Development, Design Trends
17 points by handfuloflight 67 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Who else is tired of these web things? (ycombinator.com)
The web has become borderline intolerable, and these things are among the reasons why. I've developed a "zero tolerance" habit. If a website throws up a surprise popup, I just immediately close the page and never go back. The only way to win is not to play.
Web Design, User Experience, Internet
16 points by mring33621 72 days ago | 17 comments
I wrote a static web page and accidentally started a community (2023) (localfirstweb.dev)
The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one continent, so the story goes, can cause a tornado a year later in another. Here’s my story of how something like that can happen on the web too.
Web Development, Community Building, User Experience, Web Design
226 points by mooreds 73 days ago | 132 comments
UbuWeb – Founded 1996 (ubu.com)
A year ago, we decided to shutter UbuWeb. Not really shutter it, per se, but instead to consider it complete.
Web Design, Art, History, Archive
7 points by XzetaU8 79 days ago | 2 comments
Patterns for Personal Web Sites (2003) (rdrop.com)
These patterns for creating personal Web sites have been distilled over the last few years from the most interesting personal Web sites I've found. For more information on these patterns, please read the introduction.
Web Design, Personal Websites, Web Development
120 points by matthberg 82 days ago | 17 comments
Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content (marginalia-search.com)
This is the new design and home of Marginalia Search.
Search Engines, Non-Commercial Content, Web Design
578 points by herbertl 89 days ago | 73 comments
Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web (csswizardry.com)
If you’re going to build for the web, build on the web and build with the web.
Web Development, Front-End Development, Web Design
6 points by keepit 91 days ago | 1 comments
Webring (xxiivv.com)
This webring is an attempt to inspire artists & developers to build their websites and share traffic amongst each other. The ring welcomes hand-crafted wikis and portfolios.
Web Development, Community, Art, Web Design
32 points by iamwil 94 days ago | 10 comments
The importance of favicons in website OSINT research (osintme.com)
Favicons on websites are graphic elements that show up in the form of a small icon – be it in a browser tab panel next to the website’s name, or in bookmarked links to websites.
Website OSINT, Favicons, Security, Web Design
85 points by osintme 95 days ago | 24 comments
Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode? (ycombinator.com)
It's one of those sites that I frequently visit and get a glaring screen in my face when switching tabs. Just wanted to know if this feature is ever going to be available. I mean it's 2025!
User Experience, Web Design, Hacker News
13 points by anthropodie 103 days ago | 27 comments
Lines of code that beat A/B testing (2012) (stevehanov.ca)
A/B testing is used far too often, for something that performs so badly. It is defective by design: Segment users into two groups. Show the A group the old, tried and true stuff. Show the B group the new whiz-bang design with the bigger buttons and slightly different copy. After a while, take a look at the stats and figure out which group presses the button more often. Sounds good, right? The problem is staring you in the face.
A/B Testing, Web Design, User Experience
379 points by Kerrick 106 days ago | 174 comments
Show HN: Instantly Generate Example Pages (exampl.page)
Instantly generate example pages. Just visit anything.exampl.page
Web Development, Tools, Productivity, Web Design
8 points by resonious 109 days ago | 6 comments
Triptych Proposals (alexanderpetros.com)
Three small proposals for putting the "hyper" back in hypertext.
Web Design, Hypertext, User Interfaces
250 points by felipemesquita 109 days ago | 79 comments